Darius McDermott: Educating clients on active funds
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Recent headlines stemming from an S&P Dow Jones report on active fund underperformance in 2016 will understandably raise questions from clients, says Darius McDermott, as he highlights some key points you could discuss
If you subscribe to the same plethora of financial news emails that I do, chances are you have of late seen more than a few headlines in your inbox along the lines of "87% of active UK equity funds underperformed...
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